The Birth of Persephone

by SailorZelda94

She was once nothing more than a mortal woman. A mortal woman who had been betrayed by every mortal man she knew. It came to pass that the only man she could ever truly put any trust in was one who kept her shackled to him for many years against her will, the man who owned her as a slave eventually became her husband and he was no mortal but now neither was she.

1. How It All Began

My life has not been easy despite my origins, I was the eldest daughter to the king of Thebes. The Princess Megara, and you'd think the life of a princess would be a slice but it wasn't. When I turned 16 I reached the age to be married off, and my father offered me as a sacrificial bride to a mighty beast who lurked in the shadows of the kingdom stealing and killing who or what it pleased. Naturally, I refused to be used in such a manner and fled my father, my sisters, my people, and all my responsibilities one dark night. My father was the first man to betray me.

The second was a sweet farm boy I met a few months after I had fled. We fell in love quickly and were happy together for nearly a year before he became gravely ill. Fearing for his life I rushed to the temple of the Lord of the Dead, the God Hades to bargain for his life. I must admit I was a fool to do what I did but people often do crazy things when they're in love and I was no exception. I offered Lord Hades whatever he wanted from me, in the end he chose my living soul. I would be bound to Hades for 1,000 years, but my Nikos would live. I returned to the farm to find Nikos in good health once more, but our happiness did not last once we reached the city of Athens. A seductive raven headed beauty sauntered passed us and Nikos ran to her side faster than Hermes. I was heartbroken for his betrayal cost me everything as Hades came to collect me shortly after.

Working for the God of the Dead was distasteful at first. I was young and beautiful with a quick wit, something Hades used to his advantage when he sent me off to scout recruits and gathering information for his convoluted schemes or for his own personal use as his personal concubine. At first my assignments weren't too bad, it was mostly spying in temples to see what I could find, then it was talking to the monsters.

I had a close call when trying to get the minotaur on our side, the stupid bull-headed brute ripped my chiton to pieces before Hades intervened for my safety. After that incident I went back to spying for a few months, but then he sent me to invite the river guardian to the uprising. The centaur Nesses was somehow even more brutish and repulsive then the minitour was. The monster raked his eyes across my body sending a revolting chill down my spine.

Next thing I know, some redhead goodie two sandals is standing in the river telling Nessus to release me. I stared at him while I worked to free myself from Nessus grasp, "I'm a damsel, I'm in distress, I can handle this. Have a nice day." I smirked at him, hoping he'd give up and leave. I was wrong, and the poor fool was sucker punched by Nessus. I prayed he'd just stay down but the fool got up slamming his head into Nessus sending the both of us flying. Nessus rammed into the waterfall, while I landed in the river with a loud splash before the wonder boy lifted me up on to a rock apologizing for his dumb behavior and then rushing off to finish fighting Nessus. That was how I met the wonder boy, Hercules.

The rest of the story you already know, Hercules became a great hero throughout Greece, fought monsters and Titans, risked his life to save mine. What isn't known is what truly happened after that, nor do people know the true story of the Goddess Persephone but the stories are connected and it's time people knew.

A/N

SO there is some background information on Meg and the preface to the story, all chapters will be fairly short.